Bill No.: HB0120                          Drafter:  JHR

LSO No.:    07LSO-0009                    Effective Date:  7/1/2007

Enrolled Act No.: HEA0113

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Prime Sponsor:          Joint Judiciary Interim Committee

Catch Title:            Sex offender registration.

Subject:   Amends sex offender registration requirements.

Summary/Major Elements:

· This act:

· Repeals definitions for "aggravated sex offender", "aggravated sex offense", "sex offender", "sex offense" and "sexually violent predator" and adds definitions for "report" and "working days" to clarify to whom a sex offender is required to report and what days count in the calculation of days the offender is required to report;

· Amends what information is required to be provided by the sex offender upon registration, including palm prints, a DNA sample and the license plate number and description of any vehicle owned or operated by the offender;

· Requires a sex offender to register within 3 working days of establishing a new residence, entering this state, leaving the state or changing employment or enrollment status;

· Specifies the convictions that require registration as a sex offender;

· Specifies the frequency with which the registered offender must report to the sheriff in the county in which he resides, depending on the severity of the offense, varying from reporting annually to reporting every 3 months;

· Provides that registration as a sex offender shall be for life, but allows an offender who meets specified conditions including having a clean record for 10 years to petition a court to have his period of registration reduced after a specified period, depending upon the provision under which the offender was required to register;

· Provides that the information collected under W.S. 7-19-302(c)(iii) shall not be confidential;

· Eliminates the need for a court hearing to determine the risk of reoffense of an offender and notification requirements based on the offender's risk of reoffense;

· Requires the Attorney General, through DCI, to maintain a website of sex offenders without regard to the risk level of reoffense the offender may pose;

· Increases penalties for failure to register from not more than $750, imprisonment for 1 year, or both, to not more than $1,000, imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both;

· Provides an appropriation of $200,000 to purchase computer equipment and software for the sex offender registry website required by this act.

Comment:  Final action on this bill was not taken at the time this summary was prepared.  Should changes be made to the bill upon final passage an updated summary will be transmitted to all legislators.